Fisher v. Maas Bros.

ALLEN, Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff in a malicious prosecution suit, brings this appeal from a directed verdict for defendant-appellee.

In 1961, plaintiff-appellant was tried in the Municipal Court of the City of Tampa on the charge of issuing a worthless check, a charge brought at the instance of defendant-appellee. At the conclusion of the hearing, the municipal judge found the plaintiff guilty, imposed a fine and term of imprisonment and signed the docket sheet indicating that adjudication. However, within thirty minutes to an hour from that time and after the complaining witnesses had left…